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Where does “лопатица” come from?

лопатица (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Serbo-Croatian -ица, from Proto-Slavic -ica — *děva → *děvica; *muxa → *mušica; *noga →...

лопатица (Serbo-Croatian): a small shovel; shoulder blade; spatula

Definitions

  1. a small shovel; shoulder blade; spatula

Ancestry of “лопатица”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatian-ицаSuffix appended to words to create a feminine...
2Proto-Slavic-ica*děva → *děvica; *muxa → *mušica; *noga →...
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